Use the table to answer the question. Original Poster Scale Drawing left edge (in.) 36 ? top edge (in.) 24 8 A local food organization puts out a healthy foods poster. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle, and its dimensions are given in the table. Alfredo wants to make a smaller version of the poster to hang up in the community center. He makes a scale drawing of the poster with the length of the top edge given in the table. What is the area of Alfredo’s scale drawing? (1 point) Responses 96 square inches 96 square inches 192 square inches 192 square inches 12 square inches 12 square inches 13 square meters
The scale drawing has a top edge of 8 inches. To find the scale factor, divide the length of the original top edge by the length of the scale drawing top edge:
24 inches / 8 inches = 3
This means that the scale factor is 3. To find the dimensions of the scale drawing, divide the dimensions of the original poster by the scale factor:
Original length: 36 inches / 3 = 12 inches
Original width: 24 inches / 3 = 8 inches
The area of the scale drawing is the product of the length and width:
Area = 12 inches x 8 inches = 96 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 96 square inches.